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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
This book is written by an author who is well-known for his book The Book Thief. I read that book in high school and have read all his writing ever since then. But, I was expecting just as much from Bridge of Clay as I was The Book Thief and I was highly let down. The book was very confusing I couldn’t put the plot together or the point of view that we were supposed to be getting. This book was 500+ pages of confusing writings and I didn’t have a clue what was going on. I was really excited for it because I had a signed copy too but, I honestly don’t recommend anyone to pick this one up at all.
One of the best books I’ve read in a long, long while.
Simple yet breathtaking. Character development and story arch were so well done. But it’s his writing style and way of saying so much in one sentence that will stick with me.
First off, I'll start by saying this wasn't the easiest of reads. Zusak writes in a very poetic and metaphorical way, which makes for beautiful storytelling but does mean that certain plot points aren't always clear. I found myself having to go back and re-read a few chapters or sections to make sure I'd understood what had happened or what was being said/implied. The language coupled with the fact that the story flips between the past and the present meant that at points, especially at the start, this was quite a confusing read.
However, if anyone else feels the same, I would thouroughly encourage that you persist with it. Everything that appears confusing at the start is steadily unravelled througout the novel and the significance of little things are made more clear with such an emotional impact. This story threads together the lives of the Dunbar family as each member is fleshed out and their histories revealed. It truly shows the impact that your past can have on you and the impressions we make on people along the way. No matter how small a gesture may be it can truly stick with someone. Overall this was a beautiful and intricate story that thoroughly absorbed me.
However, if anyone else feels the same, I would thouroughly encourage that you persist with it. Everything that appears confusing at the start is steadily unravelled througout the novel and the significance of little things are made more clear with such an emotional impact. This story threads together the lives of the Dunbar family as each member is fleshed out and their histories revealed. It truly shows the impact that your past can have on you and the impressions we make on people along the way. No matter how small a gesture may be it can truly stick with someone. Overall this was a beautiful and intricate story that thoroughly absorbed me.
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Book Review: https://thespellbindingshelf.wordpress.com/2019/06/21/book-review-2/
It took a few chapters for me to get into this book, but the more we learned about the Dunbars the more I loved it. The kind of book where knowing what happens might actually make the second reading better.
Ladies and gentlemen, I finally finished reading this book. The review will be up tomorrow since I need some time to digest the whole story lol.
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It took me 235 days to finish this book. And I'm the girl who finished the whole Shadowhunter Chronicles in just 2 months. When I was reading this book, I thought a lot about how I would review this book because I had so much mixed feelings about this book. The story was really good and I cared a lot about the characters (it took me reading half of the book to finally recognize who's who but still); I cried and laughed and cried and laughed again with the characters and in my book, that's a really good story. On another note, I also couldn't wait to finish reading the book. It felt like Zusak was really dragging the whole story. But that was on purpose, wasn't it?
Zusak's storytelling is something else. I was first introduced to his writing in The Book Thief and I really could see the similarity of his storytelling in that book and this book in the detailed imagery and the metaphors used. Since he used a lot of metaphors but at the same time told the story with the full details, every sentence produced was so beautiful but that also made his storytelling very complex. And since the storytelling is complex with the metaphors and details, we the readers need to really concentrate while reading this book. I never realized how unconcentrated I actually am when I read until I read this book.
This story wasn't really a plot-driven story, in which it doesn't have one plot it centres around and I found my mind wandering a lot. It's very character-driven and since everyone has their own story, it made this book stories within stories. Every story told definitely made me know the characters better and love them more and more with time. Zusak painted his characters so beautifully and made me feel everything that each of the characters felt. Usually, I love character-driven stories more than anything and with the beautiful, beautiful characters, nothing could've gone wrong, but every chapter took forever to end because of the storytelling and because I'm easily distracted it took longer for me to finish a chapter. Only by the last quarter of the book that I managed to see that Zusak's 'dragging' the story was necessary to make the story and the characters as beautiful as they were and really appreciate his storytelling.
I can see why this book got mixed reviews since I also had mixed feelings initially, but also grateful that I finished the book to see if the time I took to read this was worth it.
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It took me 235 days to finish this book. And I'm the girl who finished the whole Shadowhunter Chronicles in just 2 months. When I was reading this book, I thought a lot about how I would review this book because I had so much mixed feelings about this book. The story was really good and I cared a lot about the characters (it took me reading half of the book to finally recognize who's who but still); I cried and laughed and cried and laughed again with the characters and in my book, that's a really good story. On another note, I also couldn't wait to finish reading the book. It felt like Zusak was really dragging the whole story. But that was on purpose, wasn't it?
Zusak's storytelling is something else. I was first introduced to his writing in The Book Thief and I really could see the similarity of his storytelling in that book and this book in the detailed imagery and the metaphors used. Since he used a lot of metaphors but at the same time told the story with the full details, every sentence produced was so beautiful but that also made his storytelling very complex. And since the storytelling is complex with the metaphors and details, we the readers need to really concentrate while reading this book. I never realized how unconcentrated I actually am when I read until I read this book.
This story wasn't really a plot-driven story, in which it doesn't have one plot it centres around and I found my mind wandering a lot. It's very character-driven and since everyone has their own story, it made this book stories within stories. Every story told definitely made me know the characters better and love them more and more with time. Zusak painted his characters so beautifully and made me feel everything that each of the characters felt. Usually, I love character-driven stories more than anything and with the beautiful, beautiful characters, nothing could've gone wrong, but every chapter took forever to end because of the storytelling and because I'm easily distracted it took longer for me to finish a chapter. Only by the last quarter of the book that I managed to see that Zusak's 'dragging' the story was necessary to make the story and the characters as beautiful as they were and really appreciate his storytelling.
I can see why this book got mixed reviews since I also had mixed feelings initially, but also grateful that I finished the book to see if the time I took to read this was worth it.